Little girl in awe of Michelle Obama’s portrait goes viral

After a week of online fame, Parker Curry now has PR representation. Could Hollywood be in her near future?

Parker’s mom revealed that Parker and the family is now represented by Aba Kwawu, President of TAA PR, giving us hope that we will be seeing more of her in the near future.

Jazzi Johnson

Mar 5, 2018

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The world is just getting to know little Parker Curry but apparently, we can’t get enough.

The two-year-old went viral last week when she was photographed at the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian. Looking in complete awe at former First Lady Michelle Obama‘s portrait by Amy Sherald, Parker embodies Mrs. Obama’s words from her speech the day her portrait was revealed.

“I’m also thinking about all of the young people, particularly girls and girls of color, who, in years ahead, will come to this place and they will look up and they will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall of this great American institution,” she said in her speech.

Jessica Curry, Parker’s mom, also revealed that Parker and the family is now represented by Aba Kwawu, President of TAA PR, giving us hope that we will be seeing more of little Parker in the near future.

Ben Hines, who was at the museum with his mother Donna, is the man who took the pic and says he is happy to have been in the right place at the right time

“Donna Hines & I made a pilgrimage today and we were delighted to wait in line behind this fellow art lover & hopeful patriot,” he captioned the photo posted to Facebook. According to Hines, the little girl’s family were ahead of them in the lineup to see the painting.

Since posting the photo, it’s had over 33,000 shares, and countless reposts.

This photo of Parker Curry could be the cover of a children’s book.

“The Day I Saw A Queen”

“I looked up and… https://t.co/qbsD3lcTaU

— Marsha Warfield (@MarshaWarfield) March 3, 2018

Love this: Little girl Parker Curry ? awestruck by Michelle Obama’s portrait believes she’s ‘a queen’ https://t.co/HLFYNXxbQn

— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) March 4, 2018

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ BEAUTIFUL ♥ !! Hello 2-year-old Parker Curry pic.twitter.com/B3gjzi0zCC

— Black Lives Matter (@allusblm) March 3, 2018

Artist response

Artist Amy Sherald was also enchanted by the adorable girl’s response to her histoirc piece.

“Feeling all the feels,” she wrote on Instagram. “When I look at this picture I think back to my first field trip in elementary school to a museum. I had only seen paintings in encyclopedias up to that point in my life. There was a show up of work by painter @thebobartlett whose work still inspires me to this day.”

“There was a painting of a black man standing in front of a house,” she continued. “I don’t remember a lot about my childhood, but I do have a few emotional memories etched into my mind forever and seeing that painting of a man that looked like he could be my father stopped me dead in my tracks.”

“This was my first time seeing real paintings that weren’t in a book and also weren’t painted in another century,” said Sherald. “I didn’t realize that none of them had me in them until I saw that painting of Bo’s. I knew I wanted to be an artist already, but seeing that painting made me realize that I could. What dreams may come? #representationmatters”

Many fans responded, congratulating Sherald on creating such a powerful work of art and agreeing with her about the responsibility of representation.